Endogenic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  endogenetic \en`do*ge*net"ic\, endogenic \en`do*gen"ic\adj.
     1. (Biol.) Relating to or arising from an internal process;
        same as {endogenous}.
  
     Syn: Syn. --.
          [WordNet 1.5


  
     2. (Geol.) Relating to the interior of the earth; of or
        pertaining to a metamorphic process occurring within a
        planet. Opposed to {exogenetic}.
  
     Syn: endogenic.
          [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  endogenic
       adj 1: derived or originating internally [syn: {endogenous}] [ant:
              {exogenous}, {exogenous}]
       2: of rocks formed or occuring beneath the surface of the
          earth; "endogenic rocks are not clastic" [syn: {endogenetic}]